YP (original) (raw)

Please report any broken links or trouble you might come across to the Webmaster. Please take a moment to let us know so that we can correct any problems and make your visit as enjoyable and as informative as possible.

## NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive

YP-88

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

YP-88 Class Patrol Craft * Built at Seattle, WA, 1937 * Completed for Olaf Hanseth, Seattle, WA, as fishing vessel Adventure (ON 236511), August 1937 * Acquired by the US Navy, 29 March 1941 * Placed in service as YP-88, 1941 * Allocated to Thirteenth Naval District, operated in Aleutians * Grounded in 50 knot winds on Bird Rock, off NW Amchitka Island, Aleutian Islands, 28 October 1943 * Cree (AT-84 arrived to attempt salvage, but wind and ground swells prevented this * Vessel abandoned by crew without loss of life, 30 October 1943 * Struck from the Naval Register, 12 February 1944

Specifications:
Displacement 101 gross tons, 69 net tons
Length 74' 6"
Beam 20' 4"
Draft 9' 8"
Speed unknown
Complement unknown
Armament
one 3"/23 gun
Propulsion
one Diesel engine
single propeller, 200shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
143108801	41k	YP-88 underway, date and location unknown.US Navy photo from the US Navy Memorial	Stan Svec

There is no DANFS history record available for YP-88 at NavSource

This page was created by Gary P. Priolo and is maintained by David L. Wright

Last Updated 03 December 2021